In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.

Miou-Miou
Madeleine

Isabelle Huppert
Lena Weber

Guy Marchand
Michel Korski

Jean-Pierre Bacri
Costa Segara

Robin Renucci
Raymond

Patrick Bauchau
Carlier

Jacques Alric
Mr. Vernier

Jacqueline Doyen
Mme Vernier
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Release Date
April 6, 1983
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
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